Monday, October 18, 2010

Recipe: Cinnamon Plum Panna Cotta

The delicate and sophisticated flavor of Rishi's Cinnamon Plum makes this panna cotta a superstar dessert. I like to serve this in pretty teacups with saucers. You can make these up to 48 hours before serving. - Gina De Roma (The Philosopher's Spoon)

Ingredients (serves 8):

2 cups heavy cream

2 cups whole milk

1/2 cup Fair Trade Certified organic sugar

4 tablespoons Rishi Organic Cinnamon Plum Tea

3 tablespoons cold water

1 envelope Knox Unflavored Gelatine

For garnish:

16 to 24 raw unsalted pistachios (about a tablespoon)

16 to 24 dried currents (pulled from the Rishi Tea)

Cinnamon Plum Syrup (recipe follows)

Ground Cinnamon

In a large saucepan, over medium heat, warm the cream, milk and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring mixture just to a simmer (do not boil!) and remove from heat. Add Cinnamon Plum, stir and cover. Let steep for 10 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl (4 quart size), add the cold water and sprinkle the gelatin evenly over the top. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes.

Pour the infused cream mixture through a fine sieve, pushing on the tea with the back of a spoon to extract all of the cream. Discard the tea, return the cream to the pan and re-warm.

Pour the warm tea over the gelatin in the bowl. Stir well until gelatin has completely dissolved.

Divide the panna cotta mixture evenly among 8 teacups, small bowls, or ramekins. Cool to room temperature, cover each cup with plastic wrap, and chill until set (about 2 hours).

While panna cotta is chilling, make the syrup. In a small bowl combine the following:

1 comment:

This looked great, but I'm vegetarian and didn't want to cook with gelatin. So I made cinnamon-plum pots de creme instead and it was really good! I followed the general directions from this recipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Chocolate-Espresso-Pots-de-Creme-109140

but steeped the cinnamon plum tea for 10 minutes before mixing with the egg mixture. After that I strained everything and then put in ramekins and baked in a hot water bath. It had a subtle but very tasty flavor!

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